Pertaining To St. Louis
Interesting Things To Google.
A St. Louis woman, Pearl Curran, claimed to receive poetry from a spirit through a Ouija board.
Clarence Terhune, a St. Louis caddy, stowed away on the German airship Zeppelin.
The bullet that killed Wild Bill Hickok is buried in St. Louis.
Pretty Boy Floyd was sent to the Missouri penitentiary for a $12,000 St. Louis payroll robbery.
John Dillinger attended an automobile show at Municipal Auditorium in St. Louis.
The Reno Gang and their father lived in St. Louis for a couple of years when things got too hot for them in Indiana.
Frank James, Jesse's brother, was cremated in St. Louis.
Outlaw Sam Bass ran away from his Indiana home when he was a teenager and went to St. Louis but didn't stay long because he thought the city was too dangerous.
Doc Holliday practiced dentistry in St. Louis.
Jack The Ripper died in St. Louis.
Billy The Kid's mother ran a boarding house in St. Louis.
The pirate Jean Lafitte lived his last years around St. Louis and is buried across the river in Alton.
The Sundance Kid and Etta Place were spotted by Pinkerton detectives at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Charles Manson went to St. Louis in the 1950s and got a tattoo.
The 1949 exorcism in St. Louis.
Geronimo rode the Ferris wheel at the St. Louis World's Fair.
Serial killer H.H. Holmes was locked up in a St. Louis jail with a Missouri train robber.
John Slack, one of the men involved in the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872, moved to St. Louis and opened a casket making company.
Big Jim Kennally, a counterfeiter from St. Louis, came up with a plan to steal Lincoln's body in 1876.
Egan's Rats, St. Louis gangsters, were the main suspects in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
John Wilkes Booth was arrested in St. Louis for making anti-government threats.
Mark Gray, who worked for a St. Louis dry goods firm, attempted to assassinate Edwin Booth during a play in Chicago.
Martin Monti, a St. Louis born pilot, defected to Nazi Germany during the war and worked as a propagandist.
A St. Louis woman, Pearl Curran, claimed to receive poetry from a spirit through a Ouija board.
Clarence Terhune, a St. Louis caddy, stowed away on the German airship Zeppelin.
The bullet that killed Wild Bill Hickok is buried in St. Louis.
Pretty Boy Floyd was sent to the Missouri penitentiary for a $12,000 St. Louis payroll robbery.
John Dillinger attended an automobile show at Municipal Auditorium in St. Louis.
The Reno Gang and their father lived in St. Louis for a couple of years when things got too hot for them in Indiana.
Frank James, Jesse's brother, was cremated in St. Louis.
Outlaw Sam Bass ran away from his Indiana home when he was a teenager and went to St. Louis but didn't stay long because he thought the city was too dangerous.
Doc Holliday practiced dentistry in St. Louis.
Jack The Ripper died in St. Louis.
Billy The Kid's mother ran a boarding house in St. Louis.
The pirate Jean Lafitte lived his last years around St. Louis and is buried across the river in Alton.
The Sundance Kid and Etta Place were spotted by Pinkerton detectives at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Charles Manson went to St. Louis in the 1950s and got a tattoo.
The 1949 exorcism in St. Louis.
Geronimo rode the Ferris wheel at the St. Louis World's Fair.
Serial killer H.H. Holmes was locked up in a St. Louis jail with a Missouri train robber.
John Slack, one of the men involved in the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872, moved to St. Louis and opened a casket making company.
Big Jim Kennally, a counterfeiter from St. Louis, came up with a plan to steal Lincoln's body in 1876.
Egan's Rats, St. Louis gangsters, were the main suspects in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
John Wilkes Booth was arrested in St. Louis for making anti-government threats.
Mark Gray, who worked for a St. Louis dry goods firm, attempted to assassinate Edwin Booth during a play in Chicago.
Martin Monti, a St. Louis born pilot, defected to Nazi Germany during the war and worked as a propagandist.
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Ron Attwell (1935-2017)
Played for the St. Louis Blues 1967-1968.
Norm Beaudin
b. 1941
Played for the St. Louis Blues 1967-1968.
Craig Cameron (1945-2012)
Played for the St. Louis Blues 1967-1971.
Claude Cardin
b. 1941
Played for the St. Louis Blues 1967-1968.
Wayne Rivers
b. 1942
Played for the St. Louis Blues 1967-1968.Posted 07-22-2021 at 06:36 AM by aliasfinn
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Police Officer Paul Kramer was shot March 25, 1971, when he intervened in a grocery store robbery while off-duty.
He had gone to his brother's grocery store at 230 North Taylor avenue when three men entered and announced a robbery.
When they ordered Officer Kramer to open the register he drew his revolver.
One of the suspects shot him in the head and chest. He was taken to the hospital where he died 5 days later.
After his third trial, the gunman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
SLMPDPosted 07-22-2021 at 06:42 AM by aliasfinn
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Stacey Arceneaux
b. 1936
Played basketball for the St. Louis Hawks 1961-1962.
Jimmy Darrow (1937-1987)
Played basketball for the St. Louis Hawks 1961-1962.
Shellie McMillon (1936-1980)
Played basketball for the St. Louis Hawks 1961-1962.
Vern Hatton
b. 1936
Played basketball for the St. Louis Hawks 1961-1962.
Cliff Hagan
b. 1931
Played basketball for the St. Louis Hawks 1956-1966.Posted 07-22-2021 at 06:47 AM by aliasfinn
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Arson Conspiracy Trial 1917
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2026...post-dispatch/
Acquitted Of Murder Man Robs Shoe Store 1932
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1661...post-dispatch/Posted 07-22-2021 at 06:51 AM by aliasfinn
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2 Autos Stolen Last Year Found By Police 1920
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3974...post-dispatch/
Girl Posing As Boy Fined $10 In 1920
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1427...erading-story/Posted 07-22-2021 at 06:54 AM by aliasfinn
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Police Officer Harold Warnecke was shot and killed December 15, 1972, by two robbery suspects outside of a Kroger grocery store at 4312 North Grand boulevard.
The two men had just robbed the store of $1,000 and were fleeing at 8am when Officer Warnecke pulled up to the store to do a business check, not knowing a robbery had just been committed.
As he was getting out of his patrol car the store manager pointed to the suspects and Warnecke called out to them.
One of them approached the officer and the other man circled around and shot him in the back three times. Before fleeing the suspects stole Warnecke's watch, wallet and gun. Both men were apprehended a short time later.
SLMPDPosted 07-22-2021 at 01:41 PM by aliasfinn
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Joe Orengo (1914-1988)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1939-1940.
Don Padgett (1911-1980)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1937-1941.
Stu Martin (1912-1997)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1936-1940.
Gene Lillard (1913-1991)
Pitched for the Cardinals 1939-1940.
Eddie Lake (1916-1995)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1939-1941.Posted 07-22-2021 at 01:46 PM by aliasfinn
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Talking Chimp Kidnapped From Zoo 1959
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...b3969f854.html
Cop Used Cue Stick To Knock Down Robber In Pool Room 1932
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10473241/13-dec-1932/Posted 07-22-2021 at 01:52 PM by aliasfinn
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1954 St. Louis Street Fight
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1309...post-dispatch/
Fight Over Girl 1902
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3327...girl-probably/Posted 07-23-2021 at 05:17 AM by aliasfinn
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Police Officer Louis Sebold was shot and killed October 5, 1975, after being told that a man with a gun was in a church at 1407 North 20th street.
As Sebold approached the man, who was sitting on the front steps of the church, the man pulled a revolver and shot him twice in the chest. The man then fled into a housing project across the street.
The man was later shot and wounded by another officer and taken into custody.
SLMPDPosted 07-23-2021 at 05:23 AM by aliasfinn
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Bill Phyle (1875-1953)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1906.
Ambrose Puttmann (1880-1936)
Pitched for the Cardinals 1906.
Jack Slattery (1878-1949)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1906.
Sam Mertes (1872-1945)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1906.
Tom O'Hara (1880-1954)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1906-1907.Posted 07-23-2021 at 05:28 AM by aliasfinn
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5 Buildings Damaged After Sawdust Set Afire 1936.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1143...ry-about-fire/
3 In Fire Slide Down Awning To Safety 1936
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4152...lobe-democrat/Posted 07-23-2021 at 05:33 AM by aliasfinn
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Police Officer Claude Smith was shot and killed April 24, 1974, while assisting a sheriff's deputy search for a wanted man on the 8th floor of a building in the Vaughn Housing Project at 1101 North 18th street.
During the search, an unrelated man mistook Officer Smith for a child molester believed to be in the area and shot him. Smith was off duty when he agreed to assist the sheriff's deputy.
SLMPDPosted 07-23-2021 at 05:39 AM by aliasfinn
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Dry Goods Warehouse Fire 1900
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6443...-21-sept-1900/
Home Owned By A Witness To A Killing Is Twice Damaged By Fire 1905.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9149...ust-1905-post/Posted 07-23-2021 at 05:44 AM by aliasfinn
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Jason Bacashihua
b. 1982
Played for the Blues 2005-2007.
Brad Boyes
b. 1982
Played for Blues 2006-2011.
Eric Brewer
b. 1979
Played for Blues 2005-2011.
Petr Cajanek
b. 1975
Played for Blues 2002-2007.
Dallas Drake
b. 1969
Played for Blues 2000-2007.Posted 07-23-2021 at 05:48 AM by aliasfinn
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Junk Dealer Burned To Death 1912
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7685...jun-1912-pg-1/
Pictures Of 1910 Waters-Pierce Oil Fire
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55350639/fire-1910/Posted 07-23-2021 at 05:53 AM by aliasfinn
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On January 28, 1951, Police Officer Aloysius Nelke and four other officers responded to a burglary in progress at 3700 Grandel Square and were met with gunfire as they exited the patrol car.
Nelke was struck in the neck and was paralyzed for the rest of his life. He passed away November 3, 1973.
SLMPDPosted 07-23-2021 at 05:58 AM by aliasfinn
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Ralph Beard (1929-2003)
Pitched for Cardinals 1954.
Joe Frazier (1922-2011)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1954-1956.
Royce Lint (1921-2006)
Pitched for Cardinals 1954.
Peanuts Lowrey (1917-1986)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1950-1954.
Memo Luna
b. 1930
Pitched for the 1954 Cardinals.Posted 07-23-2021 at 06:03 AM by aliasfinn
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Zoran Bojovic
b. 1956
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1989-1990.
David Brcic
b. St. Louis 1957
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1989-1990.
David Eise
b. St. Louis 1965
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1989-1991.
Gary Heale
b. 1958
Played Soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1989-1990 and the St. Louis Ambush 1992-1993.
Stan Terlecki
b. 1955
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1989-1990.Posted 07-23-2021 at 06:09 AM by aliasfinn
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Police Officer John Summers was shot and killed April 5, 1973, while chasing a suspect who had been shooting at his wife and setting her house on fire.
Officer Summers and other officers had responded to the home at 5777 Westminster Place. Officer Summers chased the suspect across the street at which time several shots were fired.
The suspect was taken into custody by other officers. After being unable to locate Summers, it was realized he never cleared back to duty and a search had begun for him.
He was found in the backyard of a home with a bullet wound in which he had bled to death. The suspect received a life sentence for first degree murder plus an additional 40 years for arson.
Summers was the first black police officer killed in the line of duty with his agency.
SLMPDPosted 07-23-2021 at 06:17 AM by aliasfinn
